5 Best poetry books like Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse by Jane Yolen

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Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

By: Jane Yolen

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate—a theme that has never b…

"You think you know this story. You do not."

-Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

"You think you know this story. You do not."

-Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

"Words shouldn’t be dirty or clean But definitely sweet, On the tongue, in the mind."

-Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

"Words shouldn’t be dirty or clean But definitely sweet, On the tongue, in the mind."

-Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

If you liked the poetry plot in Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse by Jane Yolen , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)

By: bell hooks

3.85

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's lea… read more

Similar categories in bell hooks's Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices) book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • poetry
"When poetry stirs in my imagination it is almost always from an indirect place, where language is abstract, where the mood and energy is evocative of submerged emotional intelligence and experience."

-bell hooks, Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)

"sometimes falling rain carries memories of betrayal there in the woods where she was not meant to be too young she believes in her right to be free in her body free from harm believing nature a wilde…"

-bell hooks, Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)

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2. Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga

By: Alexander Afanasyev , Ivan Bilibin

4.00

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A famous Russian fairy tale about a brave girl sent by her jealous stepsisters to fetch fire from o… read more

Similar categories in Alexander Afanasyev's Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • fairy tales
  • fantasy

3. Three Hearts and Three Lions

By: Poul Anderson

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

The gathering forces of the Dark Powers threatened the world of man. The legions of Faery, aided by… read more

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4. Baba Yaga's Assistant

By: Emily Carroll , Marika McCoola

3.88

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

ASSISTANT WANTED ASAP Must have skills in hauling, obeying orders, cooking, and cleaning. Magical … read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's Baba Yaga's Assistant book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • fairy tales
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
"Naughty children have to be protected. Even if it's just from themselves."

-Emily Carroll, Baba Yaga's Assistant

5. The Beauty

By: Aliya Whiteley

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Somewhere away from the cities and towns, a group of men and boys gather around the fire each night… read more

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6. Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles

By: Taisia Kitaiskaia

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

With a strange, otherworldly style, poetic clarity, and striking honesty, Ask Baba Yagacontains bea… read more

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7. The Talk

By: Darrin Bell

4.65

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more

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8. The Route of Ice and Salt

By: José Luis Zárate

3.62

Format: 143 pages, ebook

A reimagining of Dracula’s voyage to England, filled with Gothic imagery and queer desire. It’s … read more

Similar categories in José Luis Zárate's The Route of Ice and Salt book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"But I must see that man for the last time, tell him that Hunger is not a sin, nor is Necessity or Appetite. What matters, I repeat, is what we are willing to do to satisfy them."

-José Luis Zárate, The Route of Ice and Salt

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9. Dewdrop

By: Katie O'Neill

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The tale of an axolotl who cheers on his underwater friends as they each bring their talents to the… read more

Similar categories in Katie O'Neill's Dewdrop book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Seanan McGuire's New York Times -bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid serie… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Aftermarket Afterlife (InCryptid, #13) book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Know and Tell: The Art of Narration

By: Karen Glass

4.52

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Narration, the art of telling, has been used as a pedagogical tool since ancient times. Over one hu… read more

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12. Field Guide to the Haunted Forest

By: Jarod K. Anderson

4.36

Format: 79 pages, Paperback

This poetry collection celebrates the impossible truths of the natural world and the magic that hid… read more

Similar categories in Jarod K. Anderson's Field Guide to the Haunted Forest book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • poetry
"There's an endless autumn in me, scenting my thoughts like campfire smoke."

-Jarod K. Anderson, Field Guide to the Haunted Forest

"SIT WITH ME I’m not trying to write a tailored suit. I’m trying to write boot socks, warm from the dryer. There’s an endless autumn in me, scenting my thoughts like campfire smoke. I write for the we…"

-Jarod K. Anderson, Field Guide to the Haunted Forest

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13. When the World Didn't End: A Memoir

By: Guinevere Turner

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood… read more

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14. Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

By: Andrea Gibson

4.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In Andrea Gibson's latest collection, they continue their artful and nuanced looks at gender, roman… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Gibson's Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry) book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • poetry
"There will be music for you one day."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"My "yes" never fit into the "no" of this world."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"Come tender as the trees forgiving the books for asking to be made."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"It isn't that you don't like boys. It's that you only like boys you want to be"

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

Cover of Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) by Seanan McGuire

15. Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City… New York Times bestselling author Seanan M… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • mythology
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse by Jane Yolen

16. Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

By: Jane Yolen

3.75

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate—a theme that has never b… read more

Similar categories in Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • fairy tales
  • poetry
  • retellings
  • teen
  • novella
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"You think you know this story. You do not."

-Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

"Words shouldn’t be dirty or clean But definitely sweet, On the tongue, in the mind."

-Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

"I learned to write poetry, telling the truth through metaphor, simile, straight-forward lies."

-Jane Yolen, Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

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17. The Legend of the Christmas Witch

By: Daniel Murphy

3.93

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

From Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza and creative partner Dan Murphy comes the long lost tal… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Murphy's The Legend of the Christmas Witch book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • fairy tales
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. I Am More Than My Nightmares

By: Jennae Cecelia

3.81

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

I Am More Than My Nightmares is my journey from being engulfed in fear to learning how to let my mi… read more

Similar categories in Jennae Cecelia's I Am More Than My Nightmares book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • poetry
Cover of The June Boys by Court Stevens

19. The June Boys

By: Court Stevens

3.54

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

The Gemini Thief could be anyone. Your father, your mother, your best friend’s crazy uncle. Some co… read more

Similar categories in Court Stevens's The June Boys book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • fiction
  • young adult
"You don't owe your truths to everyone."

-Court Stevens, The June Boys

"The older I get, the more I hold multiple emotions at the same time."

-Court Stevens, The June Boys

"Sometimes you have to accept that you might not be able to see the truth from here."

-Court Stevens, The June Boys

"You, my dear, have been through an ordeal, so you cry all you want. Crying heals soul wounds that medicine can't touch."

-Court Stevens, The June Boys

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20. Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga

By: Lindy Ryan

3.79

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by the Baba Yaga. Featuring Gwendolyn Kist… read more

Similar categories in Lindy Ryan's Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • witches
  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Reynard's Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief by Ben Hatke

21. Reynard's Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief

By: Ben Hatke

3.84

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

In this atmospheric tribute to the medieval folklore tradition of trickster tales starring Reynard … read more

Similar categories in Ben Hatke's Reynard's Tale: A Story of Love and Mischief book and Jane Yolen's Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse

  • fairy tales
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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3.88

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3.62

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4.21

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4.50

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3.77

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